TOURISM
Cultural/Religious Attractions - Churches, Museum, and the like
The Museo
de Tarlac
Contemporary Art, Occasional Exhibits.
Location: Romulo Boulevard, Tarlac City
The Museo
de Tarlac
Exhibits on World War II
Location: Capas, Tarlac
The Museo
de Fuerzas Armadas
Exhibits: Military History and Armaments
St. Michael's Park, San Miguel, Tarlac City.
O'Donnell
Catholic Church
The Spanish façade/lining of centuries old acacia trees of this former
Recollect mission
(1857-1898) still visible)
Location: Capas, Tarlac
Ancestral
House: Tañedos of Gerona
Don Lazaro Tañedo was a captain in the revolutionary army and a close
friend of Gen. Antonio Luna. The captain house, which is adjacent to the church
of Gerona, was used by the general during his sojourn in Tarlac.
Location: Gerona, Tarlac
Ancestral
House: Velascos of Victoria
Don Geronimo Velasco was a prominent figure in Tarlac revolutionary history,
i.e., in the Makabulos provisional government, in local politics in Victoria,
and in the revolutionary struggle. He was also a friend of Gen. Luna and it
was said that it was in this house where the general stayed prior to his fateful
trip in Cabanatuan on June 4, 1899
Location: Victoria, Tarlac
Ancestral
House: Morales of Moncada
Don Luis Morales was one of the early Governors and Senators of Tarlac province
during the American period.
Location: Moncada, Tarlac
Cemetery:
The Camposanto Municipio of O'Donnell
Preserves its Spanish colonial period identity.
Location: Patling, Capas
NATURAL TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
Site of
the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes.
Location: Bamban Hills:, Bamban, Tarlac
Mt. Pinatubo:
Tarlac portion, via Bamban and Capas, Tarlac
Sacobia
River - Lake
A by-product of the Pinatubo erruption.
Telatau
(man-shaped):a massive totem-shaped rock within sight of the Pinatubo Mountain.
Location: Sta. Juliana, Capas, Tarlac,
Crow Valley
Site of the former Target range of the U.S. Air Force.
Santa. Juliana-Maruglo, Capas, Tarlac:
Labney,
Mayantoc, Tarlac
The Forest/Mountain Refuge of Gen. Makabulos.
Dolores
Hot Spring
Location: O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac.
Kalaw
Forest/Falls
Location: Dueg, San Clemente and Mayantoc, Tarlac.
Lake Canarem
Location: Victoria, Tarlac.
Chico
River
With the makeshift stalls of ihawan on the road adjacent to the river banks.
Location: Bundary of La Paz, Tarlac and Zaragosa, Nueva Ecija:
Digos
Padi
Meaning "priest's bath" in Ilokano it was a favorite spot of the
Spaniards friars who have evangelized the area on the 18th century. A pristine
picnic ground
Location: Bolsa River, Moriones, San Jose, Tarlac.
Kamikaze
memorial Shrine
Location: Tarlac-Mabalacat Border.
Japanese
Tunnels and Caves
Location: Brgy. San Vicente, Bamban on the western side near the Zambales
border.
Anao Quina
Buntok Creek
Location: Anao, Tarlac.
Bueno
Hot Spring
Location: Capas, Tarlac
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